While high temperatures and wildfire smoke are each hazardous to human health on their own, experts warn that the two coming together is a dangerous combination.
on record and fires have already broken out along the West Coast, causing hazy conditions and poor air quality.
A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona on July 18, 2023.The National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center warned it's only going to get worse,Thursday, "Hot, summertime conditions expand over the Lower 48 beginning the middle of next week. Many locations within the Midwest may reach their hottest temperatures of the year thus far.
& Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles, told ABC News. "Fires will begin earlier in the year, and they'll end later in the year and so there is a direct impact where a longer or more pronounced heat wave will lead to longer fire seasons."
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